Frigga (spider)
| Frigga | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Aelurillinae |
| Genus: | Frigga C. L. Koch, 1850 |
| Type species | |
| Euophrys comta C. L. Koch, 1846 | |
| Species | |
|
see text | |
| Diversity | |
| 10 species | |
Frigga is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders). The genus name is derived from Frigga, a Norse goddess.
Species
- Frigga coronigera (C. L. Koch, 1846) — Brazil
- Frigga crocuta (Taczanowski, 1878) — Peru, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Marquesas Islands, Queensland
- Frigga finitima Galiano, 1979 — Bolivia, Argentina
- Frigga flava (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) — Guatemala
- Frigga kessleri (Taczanowski, 1872) — Brazil, Guyana, French Guiana
- Frigga opulenta Galiano, 1979 — Ecuador, Peru
- Frigga pratensis (Peckham & Peckham, 1885) — Mexico to Colombia
- Frigga quintensis (Tullgren, 1905) — Argentina, Brazil
- Frigga rufa (Caporiacco, 1947) — Guyana, Brazil
- Frigga simoni (Berland, 1913) — Ecuador
References
- Platnick, Norman I. (2009): The world spider catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History.
External links
- Photographs of Frigga species (kessleri?) from Brazil
- Paintings of F. pratensis
- Awesome Spiders: Photograph of F. pratensis
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